2 spend sth tortured还是spend sth being tortured

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为什么不是being tortured

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最佳答案 2022-05-12 15:36

He spent his life (being) tortured by the memories of his childhood.

spend time/one's life doing something 这个结构中,doing为现在分词短语作方式或伴随状语。由于现在分词作状语,与谓语动词spent始终具有同时性,即分词的动作不可能早于或晚于谓语动作时间,所以,当现在分词为被动语态时,being有时就被省略了。此时过去分词仅表示被动意义,而没有完成意义,在理解上和being done的意义是相同的。语料库中就有spend one's life +过去分词作状语的例句的。


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不停停

He spent his life. 是这句话的主谓宾。

tortured by the memories of his children 是过去分词结构,来修饰life.

如果你把这句话还原成定语从句,则是:

He spent his life (that has been) tortured by the memories of his childhood. 

life 是定语从句的逻辑主语,是被动关系,中文意思:被折磨...

用过去分词结构,使得这个句子更加精炼。

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